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fe2ercll
trcr%¿rrcgs
of11fe,'cy
in
the
heart.
the fourth thing,
a.carefull improvement.
Fifthly,
The
acl
of
mercy
is
tobe
willing
to
part
with much
for
others,
improve
it
I !nay for
their good,
or
lend
them,
but part
with
it
I will not
;
but mercy will part
with
'any
thing that
it
hath,
it
is
my
owne, but
how
is
it
my
ovine
?-
it
is
my
owne
as
a
fteward,
and
not to
be
uf`d
as
I
pleafe
,
therefore
if I
fee
that the
Lord
hath
need of
it,
or
'any
brother
hath
need that God
may have
glory
and
good
may be
done,
Iam
as
willing
to
part
with
it
as
ever
I
was
to
receive
Zr.
Sixthly,
If
any
hath
offended he
is
ready to pardon,
full
of
pitty
that
way,
therein
men ofmean.: &fates
may
be
merciful
as
well
as
others,
though
I
fee mifcarriages
in
others that
lath
need
of
inc
,
though
I
fee
they
are
unthankful!, they
are
unworthy,
yet
mercy
pafles by
unworthinefle,
and
wrongs."
Seventhly,
it
keeps back juflice for
a
time
;
though
it
will
not
hinder
juflice
but
that it fluff
have
her
glory
in
time,
yet
-mercy may caufe
a'fobearance of
the
flroake
of juflice,
when
juflice
is
ready to ffrike
the
ifroke,mercy
comes
in,as
the mer-
cy
of
God
when
jufiice
is
ffriking
the
ffroake,
it
comes in and
pleads, Lord (pare,
Blare yec
a
little
while: As when
Abraham
was
lifting
up
the
knife
ro
cut the throat
of
If
utc,
the
An
,
i
cryes
from Heaven,
Abraham
flay
thy hand,
as
the
mere
v
df
God
cloth,
fo
the mercy-of
man
it
fo
blares juflice,
and will
not
have
juflice in the
rigour
and full
extent of it to
be execu-
ted.
It
caufes
to
forbeare
a
while,ro
fee
whither
cherenaay not
fomething be donewherein the offender
may
be
.
fpared
and
juflice nor wronged,
and
it
will
moderate the
work
of
Itiflice
as
much
as
it
can.
Sightly,
and
Lafll,y,
Mercy will
caufe one
to
put
ones
felfe
into the
fame
condition
as
thole are
in
that are
in
mìfery,\vhe-
ther it
be in
regardtofpoverty
or
,p
ine
or what
kind foever
it
be
;
mercy
caufes one
to
put himfelfe
into the
fame flare, to
be
in bonds with thofe
that
are in.bonds,
and
to
weep
with
thofe
that
weep
:
It's
true, I
am
in
this comfortable
condition
my felfe,
and have
abundance
of
choice enjoyments,
but
what
are